The Guangzhou Ring Expressway (Chinese: 广州绕城高速公路), designated as G1508, is a ring expressway that surrounds the cities of Guangzhou and Foshan in Guangdong, China.
[1][2] The early planning of the Guangzhou Ring Expressway began in 1995.
The third meeting of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone Planning and Coordination Leading Group held in Guangzhou decided to build the Guangzhou Second Ring Expressway, along with the local city trunk roads, transit roads and urban trunk roads.
Construction of the northern section began on 26 April 1999, and was opened to traffic on 26 October 2001.
The eastern section began construction on 7 November 2003 and was completed on 16 December 2008 with the opening of the Huangpu Bridge across the Pearl River.